Pentagon: No impact on Middle East ops following Austin's hospitalization - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

Jan 8, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 31: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives to testify at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken both testified at the hearing on budget requests, which includes aid money for Israel and Ukraine. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) — WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 31: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives to testify at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

Virginia, Arlington, aerial photograph of the eastern entrance of the Pentagon.

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Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

A missile monument erected after the 2006 war, is seen on the roadside on August 26, 2024 Borj Kalawai, Lebanon. The recent assassination of a Hezbollah military commander in Lebanon, as well as the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Iran, has heightened concerns of a wider regional war between Israel and Iran-backed enemies like Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah have traded regular cross-border fire since Oct. 7, although both sides have seemed to calculate their attacks to avoid all-out war. (Photo

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Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military